Life in transition with Ray but without Rochelle, Rebecca, and Elcie. The blog title is taken from the girls' names but "roc" and "rebel" works for me too.

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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

We're Still Doing the Dog Paddle

The rain slowed today but hasn't completely stopped. Another canal broke through its levees in Chowchilla, our neighboring town to the south. Lady Jan in Madera (just south of Chowchilla) says she and her family are fine so far and I hope that continues. We're supposed to have a couple of dry days before the rain begins again.

I talked to Ray a couple of hours ago and he sounded better. He might be home tomorrow or the next day. I misjudged my own energy level today and spent the morning working on the house. By afternoon all I could do was crash for a while. Better now - I need to learn my limitations evidently.

I was just reading Meow's post on laughter. I should take it to heart and dwell more on the good things in life instead of the things I can't control like illness and floods.

On that note, I wish I could have taken a picture but something is happening with my camera. If you have never seen Monk, this won't have as much meaning to you as to me. My entryway bookcase holds part of my bell collection, usually arranged in random order. I looked at it today and some child had lined them all neatly at the back in order from tallest to shortest. A parade of bells. I'll have to ask tomorrow but I'm sure it was Rebecca. It's her style and I'm sure she inherited it from me. You should see the way I stack a dish drainer.

Rochelle will be going on a field trip Friday to the Heifer International farm near Modesto. They have all the animals one would expect to see on a farm as well as a water buffalo and at least one llama. My animal lover will be in seventh heaven. I hope the trip isn't flooded out but the area to the north seems to be okay so far. My older son works in Modesto and the commute has been okay.

Elcie survived her second day of the standardized tests. She celebrated by watching Narnia one more time. I celebrated by watching my Giants beat the Padres. They lost last night. Since she has no homework during test time, she has some goof off time and she's my child who loves the same movies over and over.

It's close to midnight and I should be sensible. Talk to you all later.

23 comments:

Hope you don't have to get those plans from Noah, and the rain stops completely for awhile !!Thanks for mentioning and linking to my Laughter Post ... that was nice of you.Hope your day goes well.Take care, smile heaps, Meow

I know who Monk is (love him and the show, though haven't had the chance to see many), I do the same ordered thing - even with sweets; I separate them into colours and then pair them off.

Glad Elcie is doing ok. I wont rant about education again for a while, but you know how I feel about it and the 'tests' kids have to do.

Good luck with the Doggy Paddle, oh, and let Elcie know that she isn't the only one: I love watching the same movies over and over. I haven't seen Narnia uet, but as a lover of the books and the original films, I intend to.

Email me if you need to. I'll hopefully post later.

Talk to you soon.

PS: in regards to your last email, great talking to you too, I'm relieved he should be home soon, I know; medical staff never listen to mere mortals such as ourselves, thankyou, LANGUAGE, and I agree completely. ;-)

My boys will watch the same movie every evening for WEEKS at a time. They get to watch one video each night before bedtime. We probably have 30 to choose from. EVERY night for the past 2 weeks it's been "Because of Winn Dixie". Before that it was "Herbie fully loaded" for a month.

Wow, all your rain sounds serious, we could use a bit of it here. It is supposed to rain here Saturday - right in the middle of the large annual golf tournament. Working yourself out of energy sounds like what I do on occasion and I just come in and crash on the floor.

I enjoyed 'Narnia' too - my oldest granddaughter is one that will watch a movie over and over and can repeat almost every line in it. ec

We haven't bought Narnia yet, and I need to ask my daughter if she wants that or Howl's moving castle. I have all the books to Narnia and Howl's moving castle is actually the wizards castle and I have that book too. I dug it out of a book case and my daughter is reading it now.

Hi Ann ~~ I hope the rain has stoppedand you and the girls are safe. AlsoI hope Ray is soon well enough to comehome. Thanks for your comment today ~~I liked being compared to Forrest Gump.It is one of my favorite films and Lifeis like a box of chocolates, isn't it?Cheers, Take care, Merle.